Two Foods, One Method
The same five measures, applied to each food from its own figures.
Prices are the lowest per pound we found across bag sizes, from our latest checks. Stores change prices often.
Open Your Saved Comparison- 01 Iams Adult Healthy Weight Swap Remove
- 02 Pedigree Healthy Weight Roasted Chicken, & Vegetable Flavor Swap Remove
| 01 Iams Adult Healthy Weight Swap Remove | 02 Pedigree Healthy Weight Roasted Chicken, & Vegetable Flavor Swap Remove | + Add A Food | + Add A Food | |
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| 01 Protein, Dry Matter Higher Is Better 26-32% dm reads typical mainstream. | 01 Adult Healthy Weight 22.2% | 02 Healthy Weight Roasted Chicken, & Vegetable Flavor 23.9% Best in this row | ||
| 02 Carbohydrate Load, Dry Matter Lower Is Better Estimated, 6% ash assumed. Estimated, not measured. It is what is left of the guaranteed analysis once protein, fat, fiber and moisture are taken out, with ash assumed at 6%. That leftover is mostly starch but also carries sugars and the fiber a crude-fiber test misses, so read it as a close estimate rather than an exact figure. Measured as fed, the same basis as the bag. | 01 Adult Healthy Weight 56% 50.0% as fed Best in this row | 02 Healthy Weight Roasted Chicken, & Vegetable Flavor 57% 50.0% as fed | ||
| 03 Named Proteins In The First Five Count of named animal proteins. The count matches any named animal word in the opening five ingredients, so it also counts animal fats and flavourings as proteins. It is shown because it is one of the five measured lines, but it is too rough to call a winner on. | 01 Adult Healthy Weight 2 of 5 | 02 Healthy Weight Roasted Chicken, & Vegetable Flavor 1 of 5 | ||
| 04 Flagged Additives Lower Is Better Matched against the flag list. | 01 Adult Healthy Weight None Best in this row | 02 Healthy Weight Roasted Chicken, & Vegetable Flavor 5 BHA, Red 40, Blue 2, Yellow 5, Yellow 6 | ||
| 05 Brand Recall History Lower Is Better Manufacturer, not recipe. | 01 Adult Healthy Weight 1 None in the last 3 years Best in this row | 02 Healthy Weight Roasted Chicken, & Vegetable Flavor 5 2 in the last 3 years | ||
| Starch, As Fed Estimated, not measured. It is what is left of the guaranteed analysis once protein, fat, fiber and moisture are taken out, with ash assumed at 6%. That leftover is mostly starch but also carries sugars and the fiber a crude-fiber test misses, so read it as a close estimate rather than an exact figure. Measured as fed, the same basis as the bag. | 01 Adult Healthy Weight 50.0% | 02 Healthy Weight Roasted Chicken, & Vegetable Flavor 50.0% | ||
| Kcal / Cup | 01 Adult Healthy Weight 326 | 02 Healthy Weight Roasted Chicken, & Vegetable Flavor 322 | ||
| Price / Lb Lowest Across Bag Sizes | 01 Adult Healthy Weight $1.51 38.5 lb bag, Walmart | 02 Healthy Weight Roasted Chicken, & Vegetable Flavor $1.21 14 lb bag, Walmart | ||
| Cost / 1,000 Kcal Lower Is Cheaper To Feed What the same amount of energy costs, so a denser food is not penalized for a higher price per pound. | 01 Adult Healthy Weight $0.98 | 02 Healthy Weight Roasted Chicken, & Vegetable Flavor $0.82 Best in this row | ||
| First Five Ingredients | 01 Adult Healthy Weight Ground Whole Grain Corn, Chicken By-Product Meal, Ground Whole Grain Sorghum, Chicken, Dried Beet Pulp | 02 Healthy Weight Roasted Chicken, & Vegetable Flavor Ground Whole Grain Corn, Chicken By-Product Meal (Source Of Glucosamine And Chondroitin Sulfate), Ground Whole Grain Wheat, Corn Gluten Meal, Dried Plain Beet Pulp |
Swap A Food
Replacing column 02.
- K9 Natural Baked & Coated Wild-Ocean Fish 44.4% protein Swap In
- TruDog Garden of Vegan Plant-Based 26.1% protein Swap In
- NutriSource PureVita Puppy Lamb & Pumpkin Entree Grain-Free 30.0% protein Swap In
- K9 Natural Lamb Feast Grain-Free 44.6% protein Swap In
- Darwin's Natural Pet Products Darwin’s Natural Pet Products Natural Selections Premium Beef Grain-Free Frozen 56.0% protein Swap In
- Darwin's Natural Pet Products Darwin’s Natural Pet Products Intelligent Design for Dogs Comprehensive Cancer Support Grain-Free Frozen 53.6% protein Swap In
- Darwin's Natural Pet Products Darwin’s Natural Pet Products Intelligent Design for Dogs Joint Support Grain-Free Frozen 56.5% protein Swap In
- Stella & Chewy's Stella & Chewy’s Wild Red : Whole Prey Chicken & Lamb 46.7% protein Swap In
- OC Raw Dog Complete Meals Beef & Produce Grain-Free Frozen 56.3% protein Swap In
- Weruva Dogs in the Kitchen Classic Dog Funky Chunky Chicken Soup with Pumpkin Grain-Free 64.0% protein Swap In
- Darwin's Natural Pet Products Darwin’s Natural Pet Products BioLogics Raw Chicken for Healthy Dogs Grain-Free Frozen 57.7% protein Swap In
- TruDog Raw Turkey Meal Bites Grain-Free 54.3% protein Swap In
Every figure here is the food's own. Protein and carbohydrate are converted to dry matter so foods of different moisture can be set beside each other; starch is estimated from the guaranteed analysis with ash assumed at 6.0%, and the recall record belongs to the manufacturer rather than to the recipe. Two rows are printed but never marked: the named-protein count, because the detection behind it is too rough to call a winner on, and calories, because neither more nor fewer is better without knowing the dog.
Think You Know What Your Dog Can Eat?
Ten everyday foods. Safe, In Moderation or Never. No googling, no second guesses. Then share your score with your friends, however embarrassing it turns out to be.
115 foods in the deck. Grapes are in there. So is cheese.
Think You
Know?
Ten foods, one at a time. Call each one Safe, In Moderation or Never, then flip the card to see if you had it right. The ones you miss are listed at the end.
Keys: 1 Safe 2 Moderation 3 Never Enter Next
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